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Consequences Of Reputation In The Crucible

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Did you know a small group of teenage girls caused the Salem Witch Trials? Due to this, the biggest and most scandalous lie in history was created. The author of The Crucible, Arthur Miller, illustrates these lies in a play. The story of The Crucible follows the story of a small town, Salem. The play exhibits how Abigail Williams, who was found in the forest dancing with a group of girls, could get away with all her lies and cause the mass murder of many different women. He embellishes this story by showing different ways the character's reputation was affected and the consequences of the lies.
One theme of The Crucible is reputation. Reputation is showcased in the play in many different ways. Moreover, Reverend Parris, a character in the …show more content…

The Consequences are another theme of The Crucible. After something has been done, the outcome results from an action or the condition. A key example of consequence in the play is Reverend Parris being robbed by someone he trusted. Reverend Parris believed in Abigail, considering her innocent. In Act IV of the play, Reverend Parris is robbed by Abigail Williams and Mercy Lewis. They stole money from Parris' "safe" and decided to run away (Miller 1322). This applies to the story's theme because every action a character has in this play comes back to bite them. A second example of consequence in Arthur Miller's play is the hangings that took place accordingly. The hangings all happened due to Abigail William's lies. She lied about the whole situation in the forest, causing her to point fingers when accused of witchcraft. She blames Tituba first out of anybody because she knows that Tituba being an enslaved person brings her to a disadvantage, and people would automatically believe she is the witch even if she was not (Miller 1260). After this, all of Abigail's plans backfire on her, leading her to steal the money from Reverend Parris and run away with Mercy Lewis. The statements above apply to The Crucible because, at that period, everything had its own positive and negative effects. No matter what, consequences were bound to

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